Julian Assange is not at the
High Court in London
for the final appeal against his
extradition
to the
US
as he is "unwell".
This was stated by one of the lawyers of the Australian journalist and co-founder of Wikileaks, detained in the Belmarsh maximum security prison in the British capital.
Today and tomorrow, the two crucial hearings will be held before the judges of the High Court to decide the fate of the final appeal of the defense of the co-founder of WikiLeaks, against his highly contested extradition procedure from the United Kingdom to the USA.
If the appeal is not accepted, the possibilities for legal action in the British courts would be exhausted and only one possible option would remain at the European Court of Human Rights.
Assange: final appeal against extradition to the USA begins
Assange is accused of having published around 700,000 classified documents relating to US military and diplomatic activities since 2010. If found guilty, he faces a monstrous prison sentence of up to 175 years in an American prison.
The activist's wife, Stella, also reiterated yesterday that the case is "destined to essentially establish whether he will live or die", as the founder of Wikileaks is already significantly weakened physically and psychologically due to his detention, which began in 2019, in Belmarsh maximum security prison in the British capital.
In front of the
Royal Courts of Justice
in London, seat of the High Court, demonstration with dozens of supporters of Assage and Wikileaks.
Several activists spoke from an improvised position calling for the journalist's release and calling for freedom of the press and the defense of human rights.
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